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The Gogglebox Christmas special was a rollercoaster of emotions and left many viewers reaching for the box of tissues last night.

We’re all now used to the annual tradition of debating the controversial lyrics in The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale Of New York’ as a way of kicking off the festive season here in the UK. But with the focus on that, it can be easy to forget the other controversy this song sparks: the one when people try to cover it.It’s really hard to capture the spirit of a song like ‘Fairytale Of New York’, although many have tried.

Fairytale of New York is probably, without doubt, one of the most famous Irish Christmas songs there is, and as a nation, we are very defensive of it.

Glasgow's 45 Rum came up with a novel way to celebrate St Andrew's Day on Monday. Combining the recent Scotland's mens team victory against Serbia with one of the country's most iconic drinks they've created a fun new cocktail.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 51 people in Scotland have died due to coronavirus within the last 24 hours - with the number of new positive tests smashing the 1,000 barrier.The grim news was revealed today as the Scottish Government published the details for special relaxed rules over the festive break between December 23 and 27.Christmas "bubbles" of three households should contain no more than eight people over the

Have your say in our survey below. If it does not load click here. When making the announcement, health secretary Matt Hancock said that the measures are necessary given the "scale of the threat" faced by the UK.He also said the tiers will be reviewed in a fortnight and kept "regularly under review after that".The government also published rationales for each area's tier decision.For Greater Manchester, the rationale stated: "While there has been continued improvement in Greater Manchester,

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.A joint statement issued by the four UK governments said they had been working closely together to find a way for family and friends to see each other, recognising it must be “limited and cautious”.Boris Johnson warned families they must make a “personal judgement” about the risks of coronavirus to vulnerable loved ones when forming a Christmas bubble.“We can’t afford to throw caution to the wind.

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she suffered a miscarriage in July, explaining in a deeply personal New York Times op-ed that losing a child means “carrying an almost unbearable grief.”

coronavirus social restrictions that will allow friends and loved ones to reunite over the Christmas period.All four parts of the UK have signed off an aligned approach allowing up to three households to form a ‘Christmas bubble’ from December 23 to 27.People will also be able to travel between tiers and across the whole of the UK without restriction within the five-day period, for the purposes of meeting with their bubble.Those travelling to and from Northern Ireland will be permitted to travel

The Pogues have sent a scathing message to actor Laurence Fox after he criticised the BBC for replacing the original lyrics to their famous song, Fairytale of New York. The Irish band took to Twitter to tell Fox, who recently started the Reclaim Party, to "f**k off" after he publicly hit out at the BBC 's decision to scrap some of their controversial lyrics.

BBC Radio 1 has said it has chosen to play an alternative version of Fairytale of New York.The edited version of the 1987 Christmas song by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl changes up two lines in the song.The British station said that it had made the decision to play the altered version because ‘young listeners are particularly sensitive to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality.’The new edited version of the song has altered two of its lines, one which is sung by Kirsty MacColl has been